how to reboot DietPi always at 8AM with Cron?

General Discussion
1

I’m new with Cron and I don’t know how to do it, and even with tutorials I don’t make works

2

I’m thinking you could add a line to the /etc/cron.daily file like this

0 8 * * * /sbin/shutdown -r

It should reboot daily at 8AM.

Or better yet go to dietpi-launcher ->Dietpi-Cron and adjust the time from there.
Then add the command in cron.daily

3

Please do not add it to cron.daily!! The scripts inside are running in parallel and AFAIK the shutdown/reboot would break all other daily tasks.

Create a crontab entry for root user instead:

  1. crontab -e
  2. add the line mentioned by Edward: 0 8 * * * /sbin/shutdown -r
  3. save with ctrl + o
  4. verify: crontab -l
4

Thx, for the info :slight_smile: